<p>FLORENCE | Bruce Adams scored 21 points and North Alabama survived a 30-percent shooting afternoon from the floor to notch a 74-70 Gulf South Conference basketball victory over West Alabama in men's basketball action Saturday.</p><p>The win improves the GSC-leading Lions to 12-3 overall and 7-2 in the conference. </p><p>UWA dropped to 7-9 and 3-6, with a two-game homestand beginning Thursday against Shorter.</p><p>UNA made 29 of 35 free throw attempts and made 8 of 10 free throws in the final 1:15 of the game to ice the win.</p><p>The difference in the game came off the bench, where UNA outscored the Tigers 22-2. </p><p>Sandy Underwood scored 20 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead three West Alabama players with double-doubles. Jack Hill followed with 18 points and 13 rebounds. Steven Samuels contributed 18 points and 12 rebounds.</p><p>DeAndre Hersey and Jere Vucica scored 14 and 11 points, respectively, for North Alabama. Hersey had 10 rebounds.</p>